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✦ Collector of the Week #47 | @coneheadsquid ✦ “Digital art for me is not decoration, it is a dialogue with the artist's mind.” Today, we chat with ConeHeadSquid, a French-born collector drawn to experimentation, glitches, digital textures, and the deeply human process behind digital art. 〰 Full interview ↓

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✦ Collector of the Week #48 | @Featurefrank ✦ "For me, collecting is not just about owning an image. It is about participating in a cultural moment while it is still being written." This week, we're featuring @Featurefrank, a collector, curator, co-founder of @collective_flux, and a longtime advocate for digital art. 〰 Full interview ↓

✦ What do you enjoy most about the Tezos ecosystem, and what do you feel is still missing in Web3 more broadly? @Featurefrank - What I enjoy most about Tezos is the artistic density. There is a very special mix of experimentation, accessibility, generosity and seriousness. It feels closer to an artist-led ecosystem than any other blockchain, also because of the support Tezos has given to curators, museums and cultural initiatives. Additionally, Tezos has always had this slightly punk, DIY, community-driven energy. That matters. It gives artists room to test ideas without needing to perform like a brand all the time. What I personally miss is more currency stability. The seemingly ongoing decline of XTZ against fiat currencies — and even against Ethereum — is not helpful. For artists and collectors, this creates a psychological and financial burden. A vibrant art ecosystem needs trust not only in the culture, but also in the underlying infrastructure. I hope this will change in the future. More broadly, Web3 still lacks a better cultural memory. We are very good at hype, but not always good at preserving context. Many important works, artists and moments disappear too quickly in the feed. I would love to see more serious archiving, better curatorial writing, better provenance tools, and more bridges to museums, collections and art historians. Web3 has created an incredible new art infrastructure. Now it needs deeper art-historical self-awareness. But I know this takes time and does not happen overnight. Marina Abramović - The Hero 25FPS [ 2281 - 2283 ], by @ArtistisPresent

✦ When did you start collecting digital art? Is there any work? collection, or an artist that holds particular meaning for you? @Featurefrank - I started collecting digital art seriously in early 2021, mainly through Nifty Gateway at first. The beginning was intense — full of discovery, FOMO, confusion, excitement, and sometimes total madness. In a way, that energy was part of the magic. Some of the works by Pak that I acquired are strongly connected to that period. The excitement around those drops is something I will probably never forget. At the same time, I have a somewhat ambivalent relationship with Pak. I deeply admire the work, and I was even in contact with him. We were planning a solo show at NEONREAL Gallery, but then he suddenly ghosted me. So yes — I still respect the artistic practice a lot, but there is also a personal disappointment attached to it. Beyond that, the works that hold special meaning for me are, of course, the pieces we dropped ourselves with artists through Flux Collective. Those projects were not just acquisitions — they were collaborations, conversations, and shared moments. I also have a strong appreciation for artists like @kimasendorf, whose work I consider historically important and personally very inspiring — for example, Monogrid on Tezos. And last year at Art Basel Miami, I was lucky enough to get one of @beeple’s Regular Animals NFTs, which felt like becoming part of a very specific moment in digital art history. For me, collecting is not just about owning an image. It is about participating in a cultural moment while it is still being written. Window Still Life 080, by @jjjjjjjjjjohn

Hey friends, I know it's been awhile but Salawaki needs your help! 🙏🙏🙏 Proof Of Salawaki, a piece I originally created for @objktlabs' Proof Of Presence exhibition in Berlin has been shortlisted for the Audience Award at CIFRA's Restart Reality open call 🙏 We're now in the final 48 hours of voting, and every vote truly makes a difference (1 account = 1 vote per work). Link👇

✦ objkt weekly recap — highlights from our platform & beyond ✦ ✧ #proofofpalm and #proofofpalm2026 by @absurdeity invited artists to reimagine the palm tree through their own visual language, turning a simple prompt into a vibrant community-wide exhibition of onchain creativity. ✧ Newly released on @bootloader_art - Procedural Paradisë̷͎̥̪̦́̓͂̀͋͌̚ by @Cruel_Coppinger (sold out) ✧ New Group Exhibition on @objktone - #FYP (For Your Page) ahead of NFC Lisbon drops June 5, 2026 | 2PM CET / 8AM EST ✧ #FYP artist twitter spaces June 3 | 5PM CET / 11AM EST ✧ Released To Be Perceived, Against Evil by @LindaDouniaR × @rheaplex at @MovingImageNYC, an interactive installation exploring visibility, opacity, and collective presence through live blockchain interactions. ✧ Announced Provence by @quayola, releasing June 17 on @objktone ✧ Pixel Rugs book by @travess; a generative series of woven abstractions built from compressed pixel systems, published by @VetroEditions. Works from the project continue circulating on the secondary market, on objkt. ✧ Featured collection: Repression by @ZerorezeroA, a body of work examining memory, suppression, and psychological tension through digital form. ✧ Fresh drops on @dropdotart: - Ghost of a Friend, @plasticdreamsai Lisa Orth - OCTO//GLITCH, by @tamasantalart - CARDS, by @moblackart ✧ Artist Profile: @boyinthemumble as @origenprints Artist of the Week ✧ Announced objkt at @TokenNation São Paulo, showcasing the breadth of contemporary Brazilian digital art through a presentation curated by @kikanicolela ✧ Community Curation: ELSEWHERE, organized by @Boundless8D and curated by @CinziaGabrielPh, @muriellondon, @stunnifer, @sashachudo, @libertyvisions, and @solarchi, bringing together 160+ artists exploring realities shaped through imagination. ✧ Top 5 creators, last 7 days: - @williamapan - @travess - @kimasendorf - @BorisEldagsen - SonaArt ✧ Top 5 collectors: - @absurdeity - @FlyingBeagle_ - @Sneketoshi - @PompousLL - Stampfigang ✧ Collector of the Week #47 @coneheadsquid, a French-born collector drawn to experimentation, glitches, digital textures, and the deeply human process behind digital art. Up next: @collective_flux Much ♡ to everyone building, collecting, curating, and creating onchain. ▽ Still Standing, by @DemiDeepWorlds ▽ Stay in Palm and keep going, by @karamansoner ▽ illud sentire, by @ghostlayer80365

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🇧🇷 objkt at @tokennation_io São Paulo This show brings together nearly 100 works by more than 60 Brazilian artists, showcasing the breadth of contemporary digital art being created today Curated by @kikanicolela On view June 1–2 São Paulo Biennial Pavilion ↓

Artist Profile 𖣠 @boyinthemumble digital artist, Japan A pioneer of internet-native art whose surreal visual worlds helped shape the aesthetic language of the early web. ⛶ Little Automatic ⛶ KATSUYU Museum-grade prints for your walls ↓

Coming soon ✦ 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 by @quayola Following 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 at Art Basel Hong Kong, Quayola continues his exploration of landscape and perception with a new exhibition at HEK Basel and a 15-work release on @objktone, June 17. Save the date!

spaces #FYP at NFC Lisbon ✦ Artists featured on the (For Your Page) wall come together for a conversation surrounding contemporary digital art, internet culture, and building onchain with artists shaping the space in real time. June 3 | 5pm CET / 11am EST set your reminder ↓ x.com/i/spaces/1NGar…

@Ebubededraw @tezos at at at☝️enduring and growing #hopecore

@objktcom @tezos Suffering and building.

the funniest part about contemporary onchain art history is going to be people realizing how many important artists were quietly building on @tezos the entire time

@firelorrdArt @tezos opinions are news now, didn't you hear???

@objktcom @tezos This is a fact.